Photo: Adi Rozen-Zvi
Life without
Possibility
Of parole.
Robbed of
Freedom.
Wingspan clipped
To the lock
At the end of
A chain
Of events.
Imprisoned
Without fault
But the adversity
And sorrow
Of its birth.
For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Lock
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Na'ama Yehuda 
Such sadness… Wonderful post!
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Thank you … and indeed, yes, full of sadness. 😦
My niece took this photo when we were in Thailand last year. It is bad enough when wild animals — for all manner of tragedies and all-too-often man-made circumstances — aren’t able to live in nature as they’re meant to. It is a whole other level of tragedy when they are stolen from their mothers (often as infants) and spend their lives exploited, in chains.
It is also, alas, a window into human slavery and trafficking, which are still reality for millions of people worldwide, including in ‘developed countries.’
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Awfully sad way to “live”…
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Yes.
Awful.
I replied a bit more in length to Frank’s comment on this post, so I won’t bore you with a repetition … but, yes, terribly sad.
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I went to see the comment… even more sad, now.
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😦 Sorry … XOXO
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Powerful interpretation of the image.
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Thank you. The image was heartbreaking to me (and to my niece, who took the photo). What it symbolizes and represents flowed from the realities of the poor creatures too many exploit.
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Very true.
Well done to your niece for having the fortitude to record this misery
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Thank you. Yes, she’s a courageous one, and she was moved to record this for exactly this reason.
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Well done that young lady!
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🙂 I’ll pass it along. 🙂
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I see it has been said. Sad.
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Yes. Very. 😦
Thank you for reading and commenting. Sometimes the sad ones are the hardest to read but most important to discuss …
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I would discuss more but this evening has turned chaotic and I’m trying to catch up and … sorry
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Oh, no worries! My reply was not at all meant as a prod to discuss more, but as an appreciation of your comment – which to me said a lot as it was!
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I nod. and bow. And wish you a good evening, for now I have to go. 🙂
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🙂
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Well done, Na’ama. Very powerful.
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Thank you, Patti! I hope one day it will be relegated to the realm of things from the past that do not take place anymore …
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Yes. I agree.
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🙂
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Very sad. An image expresses more than any word … boundlessness, basic fracture, helplessness, despondency and painful acceptance. It evokes a lot of empathy and thought.
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Thank you for the comment.
Images are powerful, aren’t they?
I can’t help but be curious, given our shared last name (I’m sorry if it should be obvious … It’s a big family and all that, AND is of course not the only family of this name besides …) – Can you tell me a bit about yourself? Hebrew is fine, too.
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I sent it to you in a message… and in Hebrew…
you received?
shirel
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Hmm … Where did you send it? A message through this blog? Through the “contact Na’ama Yehuda” page? I don’t think I’d seen anything new come through there. Hebrew should be fine either way but I am not sure where you sent the message … Do you mind letting me know more specifically?
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Yes, I sent through the “contact Naama Yehuda” page.
I send again..
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I’ll look for it. Sometimes WordPress takes a while for some reason. 🙂
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ראיתי עכשיו! משום מה לא נתן לי לענות לך ישירות שם (אולי יש איזו תקלה) אבל שמחתי לקרוא וברוכה הבאה לבלוג – את יכולה תמיד להגיב בעברית אם את רוצה–יש גם אחרים שלפעמים מעדיפים, ולי ממש לא משנה. מה שיותר קל לך!
משפחה גדולה כנראה מגיעה כעסקת חבילה עם שם המשפחה שלנו–אם מאותה החמולה או מחמולה אחרת … עדיין נחמד. 🙂
שתהיה שבת שלום, נעמה
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תודה רבה 🙂
שבוע טוב!
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🙂
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